Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/156219 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
ROME Discussion Paper Series No. 16-08
Publisher: 
Research On Money in the Economy (ROME), s.l.
Abstract: 
This paper examines business cycle synchronization in the European Monetary Union with a special focus on the core-periphery pattern in the aftermath of the crisis. Using a quarterly index for business cycle synchronization by Cerqueira (2013), our panel data estimates suggest that it is countries belonging to the core that are faced with increased synchronization among themselves after 2007Q4, whereas peripheral countries decreased synchronization with regards to the core, non-EMU countries and among themselves. Correlation coefficients and nonparametric local polynomial regressions corroborate these findings. The usual focus on co-movements and correlations might be misleading, however, since we also find large differences in the amplitude of national cycles. A strong common cycle can thus lead to large differences in cyclical positions even if national cycles are strongly correlated.
Subjects: 
business cycles
core-periphery
EMU
local polynomial regressions
synchronicity
JEL: 
E32
F15
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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